Airship anchorage



May 22, 1928.

W. AUBERLN AIRSHIP ANCHORAGE Filed Aug. 24, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet lNvENToR 4f May 22, 192s. 1,670,707

w. AUBERLIN AIRsHIP AHORAGE Filed Aug. 24, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lNvENToR I www ATTORN EY Patented' May 22, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM AUBERLIN, OF NORTI-IFIELD, ,OI-IIOf AIRSHIP ANCHORAGE.

Application filed August 24, 1927. Serial. No. 215,176.

with a windshield mounted thereon, behind which a mast or tower is provided, to which the ship can be moored. In the present device, the turntable is omitted, and a rotary structure is provided which includes a windshield, and which is pivoted to, the top of a tower, and mounted on wheels so that it can be turned around the tower to various posit-ions according to the direction of the wind. The structure is hollow behind the windshield, and by means ofthe landing cable the nose of the ship can be drawn into or behind the saine, the structure being turned to proper position for this operation.

One-form of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a top plan View; Fig. 2 an end elevation; Fig. 3 is a side elevation.

In the drawings, 1 indicates a hollow ta-v pered or horizontal pyramidal frame, suitably reinforced by trusses 2 and 3, and shaped to receive the nose of an airship,ras shown in Fig. 3. This frame has at its smaller or front end a. heavy casting 4, fastened thereto; said part of the frame adjacent to the casting is provided with a covering 5 which serves as a wind break and shield.

The hollow frame referred to is connected to and supported by a lower steel framework (i mounted on wheels 7 which may be driven by motor 8 through gears 9 and 10. The wheels will travel on a circular track or on the ground to set the structure into the wind-in proper position to receive the airship'. y

A. ball 11, preferably integral with casting 4 is retained in a sock-et in the top of a masonry or other tower l2, by means of a ring plate 13, forming a pivot on which the frame may be turned, serving to anchor the same to the tower. The wheels 7 and the ball 11 foi'in a three point support `for the rotary frame.

A line or cable '14 from the dirigible 15 `is fastened to a line 16 passing over pulley 17 and thence to a winehlS which'is preferably motor driven and' controlled from a cab 19 on ytop of the structure, from which the motors 8 may also be controlled.

The operation is evident from the description. The motors 8` being operated will drive the wheels 7 and turn the whole structure around the tower to the proper position; and the cable 1G will be connected to a landing cable let down fromthe ship, which will then be` drawn into position with its nose in the frame,.behindtlie windbreak.

The' present structurey will be found easy to handle strong to withstand` heavy` winds and strains, and not liable to vbe pulled vloose or upset. largely open framework and the round tower will have comparatively little wind The structure being,

pressure itself, and the windshield proper need vbe only slightly larger than the nose of the ship.

`Various modifications in ship, size and construction may be made, within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. An airship anchorage comprising ak tower, and a segmental frame standing beside the` tower and provided vwith a wind-- shield at its upper front part and connected.

to and rotatable around the tower, and provided with means for mooring an airship ,vlow tapered part on which the windshield is mounted, and a lowerfsupporting part mounted on the wheels.

In testimonywhereof, I do affix my signature.

WILLIAM ,AUBVERLIN thereto, the frame having a supporting` 

